KM Scholar mosaic of Kanji memories

[11] Neck 首

Learning Japanese Kanji

All of our Japanese Kanji videos can be seen on our YouTube channel Kanji Memories and its Learning Japanese Kanji playlist. Alternatively, there is a link below to the YouTube video for this particular Japanese Kanji. There is also an embedded copy of the video towards the bottom of the page, but that may not be available on your device for technical reasons. See also the text translations and the Kanji memories memory card.

Here is the YouTube link to the Japanese Kanji for Neck.


This is the Kanji Memories 'Memory Card'.


Neck Memory Card


Our video for the Kanji 首 'neck'. Why not get your students to dress like the person in this to make teaching Japanese Kanji even more fun? pic.twitter.com/Q0klyKYq6U

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These are the translations used in the video.


[1] "I have a pain in my neck."

私の が痛いです

わたしのくびがいたいです

Watashi no kubi ga itai desu.

[2] "She wore a necklace around her neck."

彼女は にネックレスをつけました

かのじょはくびにねっくれすをつけました

Kanojo wa kubi ni nekkuresu o tsukemashita.